The changing use of the once-conserved land not only puts the surrounding flora, fauna, rain infiltration and oxygenation at risk, but also endangers the residents of said settlements
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The exhibit, which was cosponsored by the capital city’s Environment Secretariat, focuses on the plight of the jaguar in two priority sections of Mexico, the central Pacific and the Maya jungle
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OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and
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XINHUA Researchers specializing in sea resources at Mexico’s Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute have recently launched a project to restore fish biodiversity in the country’s Caribbean coral reefs. Jesús Ernesto Arias González, a researcher at the center, said:, “We realize this (restoration project) by using various techniques. One way is catching fish before they
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As the world unites to fight off the pandemic of coronavirus, yet another plague is threatening the earth and mankind: the threat of the loss of the world’s bee populations. Bees are the world’s chief pollinators, fertilizing about a third of all the food we eat, and 80 percent of all flowering plants. Collectively, they account for
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF … Friday, Nov. 29, is the first-ever International Jaguar Day…
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By MELISSA T. CASTRO It’s a species that’s rarely heard of, even more rarely seen, and soon it won’t be seen at all. The vaquita porpoise is the world’s most rare marine mammal, and with estimated numbers plummeting to about 30, it is on the brink of extinction. Considering the estimated numbers of vaquitas in 2008 was at 567, there
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Last month, Sudan, the world’s last surviving male northern white rhino, died after months of poor health. He was 45 years old and lived at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Now, there are only two female northern white rhinos left on Earth, Sudan’s daughter and granddaughter. Witnessing a major mammal species become extinct before our very
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Their very name means “man of the forest,” and anyone who has ever seen an orangutan up close and personal will understand why these highly intelligent primates, with their human-like features and their acute sensitivity, are considered to be one of our closest living relatives. And yet, despite their gentle, unaggressive nature and their compassionate personalities, the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It has a population of barely 11 million and an annual GDP of less than $25 billion a year, but when it comes to ecologic responsibility, the little West African republic of Benin, is a conservation powerhouse. Benin, with a total area of less than an area of 115,000 square kilometers, boasts one of the last big
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